A Waterloo Region Record blog on the Kitchener Rangers

February 22, 2019

Kitchener's new iron man

It was Joseph Garreffa's rookie year.

The Toronto native was at a team yoga session four years ago when new associate coach Jay McKee noticed that his young forward wasn't into it.

"I looked over and he was just kind of sitting there and leaning on his hands," recalled McKee, now the head coach of the Kitchener Rangers. "I said 'Joe are you going to do yoga here or what?' A couple of minutes later he was kind of laying on his arm again."

McKee told Garreffa he had two options — head to the dressing room or get involved with his teammates.

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The Toronto native was at a team yoga session four years ago when new associate coach Jay McKee noticed that his young forward wasn't into it.

"I looked over and he was just kind of sitting there and leaning on his hands," recalled McKee, now the head coach of the Kitchener Rangers. "I said 'Joe are you going to do yoga here or what?' A couple of minutes later he was kind of laying on his arm again."

McKee told Garreffa he had two options — head to the dressing room or get involved with his teammates.